
Current Speakers (2026)
SPECIAL GUEST: World-Renowned MIT Professor, Computational Biology & Superintelligence

Manolis Kellis
Head of Digital Asset Strategy, Morgan Stanley

Amy Oldenburg
Founder and Managing Partner, SkyBridge Capital

Anthony Scaramucci
Principal and Portfolio Manager, Bessemer Trust

Bobby Jan
Board Member, Kalshi

Brian Quintenz
Managing Director, Blockchain & Digital Assets, EisnerAmper

Chris Brodersen
Head of Digital Asset Management — Fidelity Investments

Cynthia Lo Bessette
Vice Chairman, External and Regulatory Affairs, Millennium

Dan Berkovitz
Head of Institutional, Kraken

Gurpreet Oberoi
Co-founder & CTO, Gensyn

Harry Grieve
Partner — Sidley Austin

Jess Cheng
Head of Go-To-Market, a16z

Maggie Hsu
Senior Director, FinTech — Milken Institute

Nicole Valentine
Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School

Omid Malekan
COO & CLO, Jito Labs

Rebecca Rettig
General Partner, Dragonfly

Rob Hadick
Co-Founder & CEO, Superstate

Robert Leshner
Deputy Director & Senior Counsel of Digital Finance, Institute of International Finance (IIF)

Scott Lee
Co-Founder & CEO, Catena Labs; Board Member, Circle (CRCL)

Sean Neville
CEO & Co-Founder of Maple Finance

Sidney Powell
Co-Founder, TheGrid.ai

Sishir Varghese
SVP, Global Payments & Enterprise Partnerships, Circle

Spencer Spinnell
CEO, Binance.US

Steve Gregory
Former CFTC Commissioner, CFTC

Summer Mersinger
Former Chief Innovation Officer, Federal Reserve System

Sunayna Tuteja
Chief Counsel, Crypto Task Force, SEC

Taylor Lindman
2025 Speakers
Federal Reserve Governor

Stephen Miran
SEC Chair
Special Guest

Paul Atkins
CEO of MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR)

Phong Le
13th Chairman of CFTC

Chris Giancarlo
CEO and Co-Founder of Fireblocks

Michael Shaulov
Co-Founder of Priceline.com (Loeb.nyc)

Michael Loeb
President of Bitwise

Teddy Fusaro
CEO & Founder of Chainlink

Sergey Nazarov
Founder of Superstate

Robert Leshner
Head of Digital Assets at Fidelity

Cynthia Lo Bassett
Co-Founder of Polygon Labs

Sandeep Nailwal
Litigation Partner at Fenwick

Noah Solowiejczyk
Head of Institutional Strategy at Coinbase

John D'Agostino
Partner at Cravath

Elad Roisman
Founder of Eigenlayer

Sreeram Kannan
Head of Digital Assets at WisdomTree

Will Peck
Founder of Talos

Anton Katz
Co-Founder / Chief Compliance Officer, Protocol Wealth

Adam Blumberg
Chief Strategy Officer at Offchain Labs

A.J. Warner
Head of Digital Assets at Invesco

Kathleen Wrynn
Founder of Pudgy Penguins

Luca Netz
CEO & Co-Founder of Chainalysis

Jonathan Levin
Global Head of Distribution at Grayscale

Laurie Katz
Founder of Gensyn AI

Ben Fielding
General Partner of Blockchain Capital

Kinjal Shah
Co-Head of Venture at Brevan Howard Digital

Colleen Sullivan
Chief Legal Officer of Jito

Rebecca Rettig
Managing Partner of Monarq Asset Management

Shiliang Tang
Founder of Provable (Aleo)

Howard Wu
CEO of Paxos

Charles Cascarilla
Director of Strategy at Gemini

Rohan Chauhan
Co-Founder & Chief Legal Risk Officer of Lead Bank

Erica Khalili
Co-Founder of Miden

Azeem Khan
CEO of CEA Industries (Nasdaq: BNC)

David Namdar
CEO of Sol Markets (Solana DATCO)

James Zhang
Ex Goldman Sachs Crypto

Suzanne Dannheim
Partner at Accolade

Marcos Veremis
Fintech Director, Milken Institute

Nicole Valentine
Partner at Manhattan West

Vik Sasi

Current Speakers (2026)
SPECIAL GUEST: World-Renowned MIT Professor, Computational Biology & Superintelligence

Manolis Kellis
Head of Digital Asset Strategy, Morgan Stanley

Amy Oldenburg
Founder and Managing Partner, SkyBridge Capital

Anthony Scaramucci
Principal and Portfolio Manager, Bessemer Trust

Bobby Jan
Board Member, Kalshi

Brian Quintenz
Managing Director, Blockchain & Digital Assets, EisnerAmper

Chris Brodersen
Head of Digital Asset Management — Fidelity Investments

Cynthia Lo Bessette
Vice Chairman, External and Regulatory Affairs, Millennium

Dan Berkovitz
Head of Institutional, Kraken

Gurpreet Oberoi
Co-founder & CTO, Gensyn

Harry Grieve
Partner — Sidley Austin

Jess Cheng
Head of Go-To-Market, a16z

Maggie Hsu
Senior Director, FinTech — Milken Institute

Nicole Valentine
Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School

Omid Malekan
COO & CLO, Jito Labs

Rebecca Rettig
General Partner, Dragonfly

Rob Hadick
Co-Founder & CEO, Superstate

Robert Leshner
Deputy Director & Senior Counsel of Digital Finance, Institute of International Finance (IIF)

Scott Lee
Co-Founder & CEO, Catena Labs; Board Member, Circle (CRCL)

Sean Neville
CEO & Co-Founder of Maple Finance

Sidney Powell
Co-Founder, TheGrid.ai

Sishir Varghese
2025 Speakers
Federal Reserve Governor

Stephen Miran
SEC Chair
Special Guest

Paul Atkins
CEO of MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR)

Phong Le
13th Chairman of CFTC

Chris Giancarlo
CEO and Co-Founder of Fireblocks

Michael Shaulov
Co-Founder of Priceline.com (Loeb.nyc)

Michael Loeb
President of Bitwise

Teddy Fusaro
CEO & Founder of Chainlink

Sergey Nazarov
Founder of Superstate

Robert Leshner
Head of Digital Assets at Fidelity

Cynthia Lo Bassett
Co-Founder of Polygon Labs

Sandeep Nailwal
Litigation Partner at Fenwick

Noah Solowiejczyk
Head of Institutional Strategy at Coinbase

John D'Agostino
Partner at Cravath

Elad Roisman
Founder of Eigenlayer

Sreeram Kannan
Head of Digital Assets at WisdomTree

Will Peck
Founder of Talos

Anton Katz
Co-Founder / Chief Compliance Officer, Protocol Wealth

Adam Blumberg
Chief Strategy Officer at Offchain Labs

A.J. Warner
Head of Digital Assets at Invesco

Kathleen Wrynn
Founder of Pudgy Penguins

Luca Netz
CEO & Co-Founder of Chainalysis

Jonathan Levin
Global Head of Distribution at Grayscale

Laurie Katz
Founder of Gensyn AI

Ben Fielding
General Partner of Blockchain Capital

Kinjal Shah
Co-Head of Venture at Brevan Howard Digital

Colleen Sullivan
Chief Legal Officer of Jito

Rebecca Rettig
Managing Partner of Monarq Asset Management

Shiliang Tang
Founder of Provable (Aleo)

Howard Wu
CEO of Paxos

Charles Cascarilla
Director of Strategy at Gemini

Rohan Chauhan
Co-Founder & Chief Legal Risk Officer of Lead Bank

Erica Khalili
Co-Founder of Miden

Azeem Khan
CEO of CEA Industries (Nasdaq: BNC)

David Namdar
CEO of Sol Markets (Solana DATCO)

James Zhang
Ex Goldman Sachs Crypto

Suzanne Dannheim
Partner at Accolade

Marcos Veremis
Fintech Director, Milken Institute

Nicole Valentine
Partner at Manhattan West

Vik Sasi

Current Speakers (2026)
SPECIAL GUEST: World-Renowned MIT Professor, Computational Biology & Superintelligence

Manolis Kellis
Head of Digital Asset Strategy, Morgan Stanley

Amy Oldenburg
Founder and Managing Partner, SkyBridge Capital

Anthony Scaramucci
Principal and Portfolio Manager, Bessemer Trust

Bobby Jan
Board Member, Kalshi

Brian Quintenz
Managing Director, Blockchain & Digital Assets, EisnerAmper

Chris Brodersen
Head of Digital Asset Management — Fidelity Investments

Cynthia Lo Bessette
Vice Chairman, External and Regulatory Affairs, Millennium

Dan Berkovitz
Head of Institutional, Kraken

Gurpreet Oberoi
Co-founder & CTO, Gensyn

Harry Grieve
Partner — Sidley Austin

Jess Cheng
Head of Go-To-Market, a16z

Maggie Hsu
Senior Director, FinTech — Milken Institute

Nicole Valentine
Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School

Omid Malekan
COO & CLO, Jito Labs

Rebecca Rettig
General Partner, Dragonfly

Rob Hadick
Co-Founder & CEO, Superstate

Robert Leshner
Deputy Director & Senior Counsel of Digital Finance, Institute of International Finance (IIF)

Scott Lee
Co-Founder & CEO, Catena Labs; Board Member, Circle (CRCL)

Sean Neville
CEO & Co-Founder of Maple Finance

Sidney Powell
Co-Founder, TheGrid.ai

Sishir Varghese
SVP, Global Payments & Enterprise Partnerships, Circle

Spencer Spinnell
CEO, Binance.US

Steve Gregory
Former CFTC Commissioner, CFTC

Summer Mersinger
Former Chief Innovation Officer, Federal Reserve System

Sunayna Tuteja
Chief Counsel, Crypto Task Force, SEC

Taylor Lindman
2025 Speakers
Federal Reserve Governor

Stephen Miran
SEC Chair
Special Guest

Paul Atkins
CEO of MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR)

Phong Le
13th Chairman of CFTC

Chris Giancarlo
CEO and Co-Founder of Fireblocks

Michael Shaulov
Co-Founder of Priceline.com (Loeb.nyc)

Michael Loeb
President of Bitwise

Teddy Fusaro
CEO & Founder of Chainlink

Sergey Nazarov
Founder of Superstate

Robert Leshner
Head of Digital Assets at Fidelity

Cynthia Lo Bassett
Co-Founder of Polygon Labs

Sandeep Nailwal
Litigation Partner at Fenwick

Noah Solowiejczyk
Head of Institutional Strategy at Coinbase

John D'Agostino
Partner at Cravath

Elad Roisman
Founder of Eigenlayer

Sreeram Kannan
Head of Digital Assets at WisdomTree

Will Peck
Founder of Talos

Anton Katz
Co-Founder / Chief Compliance Officer, Protocol Wealth

Adam Blumberg
Chief Strategy Officer at Offchain Labs

A.J. Warner
Head of Digital Assets at Invesco

Kathleen Wrynn
Founder of Pudgy Penguins

Luca Netz
CEO & Co-Founder of Chainalysis

Jonathan Levin
Global Head of Distribution at Grayscale

Laurie Katz
Founder of Gensyn AI

Ben Fielding
General Partner of Blockchain Capital

Kinjal Shah
Co-Head of Venture at Brevan Howard Digital

Colleen Sullivan
Chief Legal Officer of Jito

Rebecca Rettig
Managing Partner of Monarq Asset Management

Shiliang Tang
Founder of Provable (Aleo)

Howard Wu
CEO of Paxos

Charles Cascarilla
Director of Strategy at Gemini

Rohan Chauhan
Co-Founder & Chief Legal Risk Officer of Lead Bank

Erica Khalili
Co-Founder of Miden

Azeem Khan
CEO of CEA Industries (Nasdaq: BNC)

David Namdar
CEO of Sol Markets (Solana DATCO)

James Zhang
Ex Goldman Sachs Crypto

Suzanne Dannheim
Partner at Accolade

Marcos Veremis
Fintech Director, Milken Institute

Nicole Valentine
Partner at Manhattan West

Vik Sasi
Previous Speakers (2024)
Founder GGA Capital

Abi Subramanian
Co-Founder Bittensor

Ala Shaabana
Venture Partner at Osmosis & Bloccelerate

Alpin Yukseloglu
Professor, Co-Director & Chief Scientist Cornell Tech / IC3 / Chainlink Labs

Ari Juels
Co-Founder Morph

Azeem Khan
Founder and Managing Director at ParaFi

Ben Forman
US Team Lead, Institutional Coverage, FalconX

Brad Meliska
CEO & Co-Founder of ZettaBlock

Chi Zhang
Head of Digital Asset Management at Fidelity

Cynthia Lo Bessette
Co-Founder & CEO at Layer 3

Dariya Khojasteh
Digital Assets Team at Franklin Templeton

David Alderman
Founder of Bogus Memecoin

David Feinstein
Managing Partner at Coinfund

David Pakman
Co-Founder & CEO at BabylonChain

David Tse
Partner Cravath

Elad Roisman
CEO & Founder Intuition Machines

Eli-Shaoul Khedouri
Chief Policy Officer Coinbase

Faryar Shirzad
Founder & CEO at Delegate

Foobar
General Counsel Offchain Labs

Gary Wachtel
Counsel Sei Labs

Gerald Gallagher
General Counsel at Multicoin Capital

Greg Xethalis
Co-Founder at Berachain

Homme
Managing Director at Thiel Capital

Jack Selby
Founder Sei

Jay Jog
Head of Strategy at Coinbase

John D’Agostino
Chief of Staff FBI

Jon Lenzner
Associate Fenwick & West

Jonathan Edwards
Co-Founder SuperRare

Jonathan Perkins
Operating Partner, General Counsel at Blockchain Capital

Joshua Rivera
President at MoonPay

Keith Grossman
Partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

Lewis Cohen
Director, Digital Assets KAUST Investment Management

Manoj Vasudevan
Founder Loeb.nyc

Michael Loeb
Former CEO at Grayscale

Michael Sonnenshein
Co-Creator Stacks

Muneeb Ali
CEO & Founder Bastion

Nass Eddequiouaq
Fintech Director at Milken

Nicole Valentine
General Partner at Dragonfly

Rob Hadick
Head of Business Development at Galaxy

Sebastian Corrochano
Co-Founder & VP, Business Development at LayerZero

Simon Baksys
Founder & CEO at EigenLayer

Sreeram Kannan
General Counsel OpenWorld

Stephan Dalal
Global Head of Asset Management at Galaxy

Steve Kurz
CEO at Offchain Labs

Steven Goldfeder
President at Bitwise Asset Management

Teddy Fusaro
Founder & CEO at Botanix

Willem Schroe
Founder GGA Capital

Abi Subramanian
Co-Founder Bittensor

Ala Shaabana
Venture Partner at Osmosis & Bloccelerate

Alpin Yukseloglu
Professor, Co-Director & Chief Scientist Cornell Tech / IC3 / Chainlink Labs

Ari Juels
Co-Founder Morph

Azeem Khan
Founder and Managing Director at ParaFi

Ben Forman
US Team Lead, Institutional Coverage, FalconX

Brad Meliska
CEO & Co-Founder of ZettaBlock

Chi Zhang
Head of Digital Asset Management at Fidelity

Cynthia Lo Bessette
Co-Founder & CEO at Layer 3

Dariya Khojasteh
Digital Assets Team at Franklin Templeton

David Alderman
Founder of Bogus Memecoin

David Feinstein
Managing Partner at Coinfund

David Pakman
Co-Founder & CEO at BabylonChain

David Tse
Partner Cravath

Elad Roisman
CEO & Founder Intuition Machines

Eli-Shaoul Khedouri
Chief Policy Officer Coinbase

Faryar Shirzad
Founder & CEO at Delegate

Foobar
General Counsel Offchain Labs

Gary Wachtel
Counsel Sei Labs

Gerald Gallagher
General Counsel at Multicoin Capital

Greg Xethalis
Co-Founder at Berachain

Homme
Managing Director at Thiel Capital

Jack Selby
Founder Sei

Jay Jog
Head of Strategy at Coinbase

John D’Agostino
Chief of Staff FBI

Jon Lenzner
Associate Fenwick & West

Jonathan Edwards
Co-Founder SuperRare

Jonathan Perkins
Operating Partner, General Counsel at Blockchain Capital

Joshua Rivera
President at MoonPay

Keith Grossman
Partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

Lewis Cohen
Director, Digital Assets KAUST Investment Management

Manoj Vasudevan
Founder Loeb.nyc

Michael Loeb
Former CEO at Grayscale

Michael Sonnenshein
Co-Creator Stacks

Muneeb Ali
CEO & Founder Bastion

Nass Eddequiouaq
Fintech Director at Milken

Nicole Valentine
General Partner at Dragonfly

Rob Hadick
Head of Business Development at Galaxy

Sebastian Corrochano
Co-Founder & VP, Business Development at LayerZero

Simon Baksys
Founder & CEO at EigenLayer

Sreeram Kannan
General Counsel OpenWorld

Stephan Dalal
Global Head of Asset Management at Galaxy

Steve Kurz
CEO at Offchain Labs

Steven Goldfeder
President at Bitwise Asset Management

Teddy Fusaro
Founder & CEO at Botanix

Willem Schroe
Previous Speakers (2023)
General Partner at Blockchain Capital

Aleks Larsen
Founder, Sleepagotchi

Anton Kraminkin
Head of Impact at Gitcoin

Azeem Khan
General Partner at ParaFi

Ben Forman
Head of Wholesale at Coinbase

Brian Foster
Co-Founder & CTO at RWA.XYZ

Charlie You
Founder, FLOOR

Chris Maddern
Head of Growth at Centrifuge

Colin Cunningham
Head of Digital Assets Fidelity

Cynthia Lo Bessette
Technical Researcher/Writer & Senior SWE at Offchain Labs

Daniel Goldman
CEO & Founder of Tally

Dennison Bertram
Managing Partner , Collab+Currency

Derek Edwards
Founder & CEO at CUBE3

Einaras Gravrock
Corporate Governance Practice — Cravath, Swaine & Moore

Elad Roisman
CEO & Founder Ava Labs

Emin Gün Sirer
Founder & CEO of Runtime Verification

Grigore Rosu
General Partner at Dragonfly

Haseeb Qureshi
CEO & Founder Gelato

Hilmar Orth
Co-founder & CEO at Ancilia Inc

Huagang Xie
Founder & CEO Evertas

J Gdanski
Product Goldfinch

Jake Huston
Director, Start-up Banking SVB

Jake Mendel
Managing Director — Vouch

Jared Klee
Co-Founder Maple Finance

Joe Flanagan
Head of Digital Asset Investing at Cambridge Associates

Joe Marenda
CEO of ConsenSys

Joseph Lubin
Founder, Monaverse

Justin Melillo
Managing Partner at Superscrypt

Kishore Bhatia
CEO of Polygon Labs

Marc Boiron
CEO & Founder of Linera

Mathieu Baudet
Head of Digital Assets VanEck

Matt Sigel
Fellowship & DAOs Consensys

Matt Wright
Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Endari

Nils Puhlmann
COO at Anchorage Digital Bank

Rachel Anderika
Head of Growth at Uniswap Foundation

Raffi Sapire
Founder Digital Assets Council for Financial Professionals

Ric Edelman
Founder & CEO Quantstamp

Richard Ma
Founder Superstate

Robert Leshner
Founder, IYK

Ryan Ouyang
Independent Director at Anchorage Digital Bank

Sarah Elliott
Scientist & Cryptographer

Scott Stornetta
Head of Liquid Investments at CoinFund

Seth Ginns
CEO & Co-Founder of EigenLayer

Sreeram Kannan
CEO & Co-Founder of Offchain Labs

Steven Goldfeder
CEO & Founder Osmosis

Sunny Aggarwal
Member of Congress at U.S. House

Wiley Nicke
Head of Digital Assets WisdomTree

Will Peck
General Partner at Blockchain Capital

Aleks Larsen
Founder, Sleepagotchi

Anton Kraminkin
Head of Impact at Gitcoin

Azeem Khan
General Partner at ParaFi

Ben Forman
Head of Wholesale at Coinbase

Brian Foster
Co-Founder & CTO at RWA.XYZ

Charlie You
Founder, FLOOR

Chris Maddern
Head of Growth at Centrifuge

Colin Cunningham
Head of Digital Assets Fidelity

Cynthia Lo Bessette
Technical Researcher/Writer & Senior SWE at Offchain Labs

Daniel Goldman
CEO & Founder of Tally

Dennison Bertram
Managing Partner , Collab+Currency

Derek Edwards
Founder & CEO at CUBE3

Einaras Gravrock
Corporate Governance Practice — Cravath, Swaine & Moore

Elad Roisman
CEO & Founder Ava Labs

Emin Gün Sirer
Founder & CEO of Runtime Verification

Grigore Rosu
General Partner at Dragonfly

Haseeb Qureshi
CEO & Founder Gelato

Hilmar Orth
Co-founder & CEO at Ancilia Inc

Huagang Xie
Founder & CEO Evertas

J Gdanski
Product Goldfinch

Jake Huston
Director, Start-up Banking SVB

Jake Mendel
Managing Director — Vouch

Jared Klee
Co-Founder Maple Finance

Joe Flanagan
Head of Digital Asset Investing at Cambridge Associates

Joe Marenda
CEO of ConsenSys

Joseph Lubin
Founder, Monaverse

Justin Melillo
Managing Partner at Superscrypt

Kishore Bhatia
CEO of Polygon Labs

Marc Boiron
CEO & Founder of Linera

Mathieu Baudet
Head of Digital Assets VanEck

Matt Sigel
Fellowship & DAOs Consensys

Matt Wright
Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Endari

Nils Puhlmann
COO at Anchorage Digital Bank

Rachel Anderika
Head of Growth at Uniswap Foundation

Raffi Sapire
Founder Digital Assets Council for Financial Professionals

Ric Edelman
Founder & CEO Quantstamp

Richard Ma
Founder Superstate

Robert Leshner
Founder, IYK

Ryan Ouyang
Independent Director at Anchorage Digital Bank

Sarah Elliott
Scientist & Cryptographer

Scott Stornetta
Head of Liquid Investments at CoinFund

Seth Ginns
CEO & Co-Founder of EigenLayer

Sreeram Kannan
CEO & Co-Founder of Offchain Labs

Steven Goldfeder
CEO & Founder Osmosis

Sunny Aggarwal
Member of Congress at U.S. House

Wiley Nicke
Head of Digital Assets WisdomTree

Will Peck
Previous Speakers (2022)
Oak Network

Chris Li
Discovery Institute

George Gilder
CEO, ConsenSys

Joe Lubin
Co-founder and CEO of Neon

Mark Long
CEO of ZenLedger

Pat Larsen
Notifi

Paul Kim
CEO of Quantstam

Richard Ma
Oak Network

Chris Li
Discovery Institute

George Gilder
CEO, ConsenSys

Joe Lubin
Co-founder and CEO of Neon

Mark Long
CEO of ZenLedger

Pat Larsen
Notifi

Paul Kim
CEO of Quantstam

Richard Ma
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